Is which safe to use?

which has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (6.0.1). DepScope rates its health at 86/100 (low risk).

What is the latest version of which?

The latest version of which is 6.0.1, released 2026-02-10.

Does which have known vulnerabilities?

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of which.

No, which is actively maintained. Latest release: 6.0.1 (2026-02-10).

What are alternatives to which?

Popular alternatives to which in npm include: semver, minimatch, ansi-styles, brace-expansion, strip-ansi.

which

npmv6.0.1

Like which(1) unix command. Find the first instance of an executable in the PATH.

License ISCpermissive36 versions4 maintainers1 deps247,796,242 weekly dl

npm/node-which

/ 100

Health

safe to use

[email protected] is safe to use (health: 86/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

20/25

maintenance

20/20

popularity

25/25

security

15/15

maturity

6/15

community

Vulnerabilities

none known

Bundle & TypeScript

📦

Bundle Size

4.2 KBminified

1.7 KB gzipped

1 direct dependencies

side effects

🌟

TypeScript

7/10typed

Types from @types/which (DefinitelyTyped)

OSS Scorecard

OpenSSF security posture score

5.7/10

moderate

Maintainer trust

Active maintainers (3m)

2

Contributors (12m)

3

Primary author dominance

75%

GitHub stars

352

Quality signals

OSS Criticality

0.88critical

Download trend

stable(+4.7%)

Publish security

npm attested

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

Dependencies (1)

isexe

API access

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